Giants of the Earth, Chapter 13
Title: Giants of the Earth, Chapter 13
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Prowl, the Giant, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Skyfire and other ensemble characters.
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. :) Warnings for violence, and mentions of hatchling (infant) neglect and/or abuse, though nothing explicit or acted on. And much, much gratitude to Fractalserpent, who stepped in as co-author for this chapter, and who was invaluable in making Starscream and co. a great deal more badass and Decepticon-ly!
//Starscream won’t abandon us.// Thundercracker’s comm broke Skywarp out of his ever-tightening spiral of worry, the other Seeker’s calm providing, as always, counterweight to his wing-partner’s frenetic speculations. Thundercracker couldn’t hide his apprehension entirely, though, and an undercurrent of resignation/sorrow filtered through. //Not when he still needs us. For the hatchlings’ sake, if nothing else.// Though all that might change once the clutch of hatchlings became fully-framed, adult warframes. Most of them would be Seekers--that much they already knew, given Starscream’s obsession with creating ever faster, ever stronger airframes. And Skywarp wouldn’t put it past Starscream to decide to create new trinemates for himself, especially if he deemed the current ones no longer of use.
Cross-posted to transficsation
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Prowl, the Giant, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Skyfire and other ensemble characters.
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. :) Warnings for violence, and mentions of hatchling (infant) neglect and/or abuse, though nothing explicit or acted on. And much, much gratitude to Fractalserpent, who stepped in as co-author for this chapter, and who was invaluable in making Starscream and co. a great deal more badass and Decepticon-ly!
//Starscream won’t abandon us.// Thundercracker’s comm broke Skywarp out of his ever-tightening spiral of worry, the other Seeker’s calm providing, as always, counterweight to his wing-partner’s frenetic speculations. Thundercracker couldn’t hide his apprehension entirely, though, and an undercurrent of resignation/sorrow filtered through. //Not when he still needs us. For the hatchlings’ sake, if nothing else.// Though all that might change once the clutch of hatchlings became fully-framed, adult warframes. Most of them would be Seekers--that much they already knew, given Starscream’s obsession with creating ever faster, ever stronger airframes. And Skywarp wouldn’t put it past Starscream to decide to create new trinemates for himself, especially if he deemed the current ones no longer of use.
Cross-posted to transficsation